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Gerald Levert is stupid. His comment is stupid. Gerald, the moronic trolling for attention can cease ANYTIME.

See what I did there?

Anyway, I got an advance copy of Smilers for review, and it really is a remarkable album. I didn't really care for The Forgotten Arm, mostly because of Joe Henry's really plain production. But the new album has some of Mann's strongest songs, with some really clever arrangements. Also, I think she's gotten better as a singer.

In reply to gerald levert's comment on New Aimee Mann Video - "Freeway" (Stereogum Premiere) at June 2, 2008 11:57 AM
Score = 5

Sir, I must say that you are way out of line, claiming this song has aged poorly. As I get older, and experience more of what life has to offer, more and more do I realize how Warren and Nate's "Regulate" speaks to the realities of modern life. And bitches. Like Shakespeare, Marcel Proust, and the people who write Grey's Anatomy, Nate and Warren understand some deep truths about the human condition -- and present these truths with considerable aplomb!

A deft split narrative, two protagonists relate a typical evening in the LBC from two unique perspectives. Warren searches for the simple pleasures of a dice game whilst Nate longs for tender companionship. But as Warren's quest becomes a desperate struggle of life and death, Nate discovers that friendship -- or brotherhood -- must take priority over pursuits of the flesh. That is to say, blood is thicker than Krystal... or, if you prefer: Bros before Hoes. BUT, after the climatic scene in which Nate dispatches Warren's assailants, the two "switch their mind back into freak mode"... and discover you truly CAN have your bitch and freak her too.

Of course, I neglect to mention the rich philosophical content of song: "Where rhythm is life and life is rhythm" and "rhythm is the bass and bass is the treble". Using the transitive property of logic, we see that life is both bass AND treble. This is Nate/Warren's unique twist on the ancient Chinese concept of Yin and Yang as well as their read on the Aristotelian notion of the eudaimonistic life...

There's too much to address here in the comments... but I think I've shown that "Regulate" is a timeless classic, certain to be cherished and enjoyed for centuries to come.

on Video Hangover: Warren G (Feat. Nate Dogg) - "Regulate" at May 20, 2008 5:56 PM
Score = 25